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Papilio polyxenes, the (eastern) black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, [4] is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. An extremely similar-appearing species, Papilio joanae , occurs in the Ozark Mountains region, but it appears to be closely related to Papilio machaon , rather than P. polyxenes .
Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN 0-245-52097-X Page 24, figure 16 (female).
Papilio joanae, the Ozark swallowtail, is a North American butterfly species in the family Papilionidae. [1] It was once considered a synonym of the black swallowtail ( Papilio polyxenes ). [ 2 ]
Papilio troilus, the spicebush swallowtail or green-clouded butterfly, is a common black swallowtail butterfly found in North America. [2] It has two subspecies, Papilio troilus troilus and Papilio troilus ilioneus , the latter found mainly in the Florida peninsula. [ 3 ]
Male: Tailless. Above, the butterfly is bluish black and unmarked. It has a white scent patch in a square dorsal fold, which is pink or red on its marginal edge. This white scent patch is smaller than that of the common windmill. Female: Tailless. Above, the butterfly is grey brown. It has dark stripes between the veins.
It is a slightly larger butterfly with a broader swallowtail. Other windmills are smaller, rarer and have small differentiating characters from the above three common windmills. See the individual articles for more information: de Nicéville's windmill (Byasa polla, de Nicéville) Nevill's windmill (Byasa nevilli, Wood-Mason)
[6] [7]) However, in the coastal Southeast, a subspecies of the spicebush swallowtail P. t. ilioneus shares the redbay (Persea borbonia) as a host plant. The green chrysalis has a whitish lateral stripe edged with brown above and has two horns on the head. [5] The chrysalis hibernates. [3] The Palamedes swallowtail has two or three broods per ...
Byasa dasarada, the great windmill, is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the windmills genus, Byasa, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.